December 1st Newsletter

Student Council is coordinating a December drive for food, hygiene items, and cleaning supplies. Flyers went home in today’s FCE. Help Student Council partner with St. Vincent de Paul to serve our neighbors in need.

The first class with 100% family donation participation wins the ice cream sundae party! Remember to turn in your your auction donation form today. You can find all of the auction forms here!

Christmas Eve Gospel Pageant:  Welcome all Shepherds, Angels and stable animals to our Christmas Eve Children’ Mass!

Our Lady of Guadalupe parish has a wonderful tradition of inviting all children who want to participate in our Christmas Eve Children’s Mass, December 24th at 3:00 p.m.  We have wonderful costumes so that all children who want to participate in the reenactment of the Christmas Story may do so.  If your child wants to be part of this special tradition in our community, here is what they need to do:

1.     Attend a mandatory rehearsal on Wednesday, December 21st, in the church from 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.  Costume assignments will be made at the rehearsal to give time to make sure children have what they want in terms of costume fittings.  We will rehearse the telling of the Gospel story and to make sure that the children are familiar with the pageant format.  We will need older children who do not want to be in the pageant as readers and greeters, so there are lots of opportunities for anyone who wants to participate.

2.     We will have a second walk-through rehearsal on December 24th at 2:00 p.m., which is also mandatory, so that we can give as much support to the children as needed, enabling them to tell the greatest story ever told in a prayerful and meaningful way.

3.     Please note, that any additional children who may come during the Christmas Eve Mass and have not participated in the two required rehearsals, will have an opportunity to be part of the procession to the crèche with Fr. Jack carrying battery operated votive candles which will represent their light and gift to baby Jesus. Often friends and family have relatives who come to the special family Mass, and it is our desire to welcome all children who have not had an opportunity to attend the two rehearsals to share in the joy and excitement of this wonderful tradition.

4.     We will need parents and guardians to volunteer and sign-up sheets will be in the church as it takes many people to assist the children into their costumes, hand out activities to occupy the children and to assist with a small protein snack.

If you should have any questions about our Christmas Eve Children’s Mass at 3:00 pm, please feel free to contact Marion Kari at (206) 935-0358, ext. 113 or by email.

The Life, Justice & Peace Commission has taken 2016 to focus on Mental Health.  Based on significant interest in this ministry within our community, we would like to explore forming a new Mental Health Ministry at OLG!  If you are interested, please attend an informal meeting on Sunday, December 11th at 9:30am in the Pastoral Center (parish offices).  Look forward to seeing you there!  Email for more information!

As the Advent season begins (Nov. 26th/27th), OLG’s Giving Tree is filled with tags for children at Sanislo Elementary, Treehouse, and Catholic Housing Services’ Santa Teresita housing program.  Through the Giving Tree, students in need at Sanislo Elementary in Delridge will get a gift this holiday season and parents at Santa Teresita will receive gift cards for their children, offering them the joy of picking out the perfect gift. The Treehouse tags have suggested items that will go to foster children of all ages.  The collected donations stock Treehouse’s Wearhouse, where foster families are able to ‘shop’ free-of-charge for their child.  Santa Teresita cards go in the marked box in the church and are due by December 18th, while Treehouse and Sanislo gifts go unwrapped in the collection barrel in the narthex by Dec. 11th. Thank you for your generosity!